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Old 04-08-2009, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by gregswaim View Post
You are welcome Serge! Thanks for the nice comments!
What pickup have you decided on? Lyra makes incredible MC pickups, I may get one in the not too distant future.
I am still a noob when it comes to this and trying to get a grip on some of the characteristics of different brands out there. It seems that the balance of the sonic traits of a specific cart matched to the tonearm and the sonic characteristics of a table itself are important. I am probably stereotyping a bit too much but seems that most Lyra's extract tons of detail as do the top Dynavector's without sounding too etched or hyper resolving while some carts such as Koetsu and Miyabi/47 sound more warmer/forgiving. I would say that the acrylic platter tables would pair up nicely with the more forgiving carts while the aluminum would need the more neutral carts and the composite platters could probably benefit from the more resolving carts out there.

One thing for sure, there are many different combinations that work great, just need to do some homework and some experimentation.
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